ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

NOVEMBER 1

• Rick Gretch (Blind Faith) (1945)
• The Beatles begin a fourteen day gig at the Star Club in Hamburg (1963)
• "Wonderwall Music" by George Harrison is the first solo album by a Beatle (1968)
• "Abbey Road", the final Beatles album, is released (1969)

• Keith Emerson (1944)
• k.d. lang (1961)
• Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention) (1947)

• Lulu (1948)
• Adam Ant (1954)
• Carly Simon and James Taylor wed (1972)

• Chris Difford (Squeeze) (1954)
• James Honeywell-Scott (Pretenders) (1956)
• Cream gives their last US concert in Providence, Rhode Island (1968)

• Ike Turner (1931)
• Art Garfunkel (1942)
• Gram Parsons (1946)
• Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) (1947)

• John Philip Sousa (1854)
• Doug Sahm (1942)
• Glenn Frey (1948)
• Billy Murcia (New York Dolls) choked to death (1972)
• Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers) died (2003)

• Mary Travers (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (1937)
• Joni Mitchell (1943)

• Roy Wood (1948)
• Bonnie Raitt (1949)
• John and Cynthia Lennon divorce (1968)

• Tom Fogerty (Creedence) (1941)
• Brian Epstein see The Beatles for the first time at the Cavern Club (1961)
• First issue of Rolling Stone hits the stands with John Lennon on the cover (1967)

• Screaming Lord Sutch (1940)
• Tim Rice (1944)
• Greg Lake (1948)
• Bill Graham rents the Fillmore in San Francisco for $60 (1965)

• Andy Partridge (XTC) (1953)
• Mose Allison (1927)
• Jesse Colin Young (1944)
• Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers) dies in a motorcycle crash (1972)
• "Tarantula", Bob Dylan's book, is published (1970)

• Booker T. Jones (1944)
• Neil Young (1945)
• Loggins and Messina release "Finale", their last album (1977)

• Queen's "Jazz" tour starts in Boston (1978)

• Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) (1940)
• Steven Bishop (1951)
• Keith Reif (Yardbirds) is electrocuted on stage (1976)

• Mantovani (1905)
• Petula Clark (1932)
• Dave Clark (1942)
• Janis Joplin is busted for vulgar and indecent language in Tampa (1969)
• Elvis Costello opens his first US tour at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco (1977)

• "Great Balls Of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis is released (1957)

• Gordon Lightfoot (1938)
• Gene Clark (The Byrds) (1941)

• Junior Parker dies during brain operation (1971)
• Danny Whitten dies of a drug everdose (1972)
• The B-52's debut LP goes gold (1980)

• Ray Collins (Mothers Of Invention) (1937)

• Dick Smothers (1938)
• Duane Allman (1946)
• Joe Walsh (1947)

• Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) (1940)
• Livingston Taylor (1950)
• The Beatles release the "White Album" (1968)

• Hoagy Carmichael (1899)
• Steve Van Zandt (1949)

• Boris Karloff (1887)
• Harpo Marx (1893)
• Bruce Hornsby (1954)
• Shemp Howard (Three Stooges) dies (1955)
• The first jukebox is installed in the Paris Royal Hotel in San Francisco by the Pacific Phonograph Company (1899)

• Scott Joplin (1868)
• Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941)
• Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band) (1943)
• Lee Michaels (1943)
• Bev Bevan (ELO) (1944)

• Tina Turner (1941)
• Miles Davis plays his first recording session with Charlie Parker (1945)
• Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" is the first rock song to hit #1 in the UK (1955)
• John Lennon returns his MBE to the Queen as a protest against involvement in Vietnam and Biafra (1969)
• "The Last Waltz" is The Band's farewell at Winterland in San Francisco (1976)

• John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) (1945)
• Cream plays it's farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall in London (1969)

• Jimi Hendrix (1942)

• Berry Gordy Jr (founder of Motown) (1929)
• Randy Newman (1943)
• John Lennon pays a 150 pound fine for possesion of marijuana (1968)

• John Mayall (1933)
• Chuck Mangione (1940)
• Dennis Doherty (Mamas and Papas) (1941)
• Felix Cavaliere (Rascals) (1944)
• Barry Goudreau (Boston) (1951)
• "Two Virgins", the LP with a nude cover photo of John and Yoko, is released (1968)

• Dick Clark (1929)
• Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (1937)
• Shuggie Otis (1954)
• Billy Idol (1955)
• Paul Young (1955)

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